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NSA's Curiosity rover just took a last selfie before leaving the Vera Rubin Ridge on the surface of Mars. Its next stop is a suspected dried-up lake bed.
NASA

It's probably better than anything you took on vacation.

By Victor Tangermann

Florida Law Would Allow Self-Driving Cars With No Safety Drivers
Self-Driving Vehicles

Politicians are dangerously optimistic about autonomous cars.

By Dan Robitzski

Over the next year, cameras will record life aboard the International Space Station to create a virtual reality series for TIME.
Virtual Reality

For the next nine months, cameras will record life aboard the ISS.

By Kristin Houser

According to a cryptocurrency security firm only two prominent hacker groups were responsible for stealing "around $1 billion" in cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency

And they're still at large.

By Victor Tangermann

A UK airport is planning a three-month trial of robot valets that increase the number of available spaces by parking cars more closely together.
Robotics

The bots save space by parking cars more closely to one another.

By Kristin Houser

He Jiankui, who drew criticism when it emerged that he gene-edited babies, told an adviser about the work many months before it became public.
Prosthetics and Devices

"I think you are taking a big risk and I do not want anyone to think that I approve of what you are doing."

By Jon Christian

To prevent high-energy plasma from breaking down fusion experiments, Princeton physicists built a railgun to disperse the plasma's built-up energy.
Physics

Just in time for the big fusion experiment planned in France.

By Dan Robitzski

A new 100-level platformer game designed by Unity's algorithms will test artificial intelligence systems' problem-solving skills.
Artificial Intelligence

The staggeringly difficult challenge is paying out $100,000.

By Dan Robitzski

Some pills float in a blue tinted cup of coffee
Future Society

Where there's an ill, there's a pill.

By Jacob Banas

Researchers have genetically modified chickens to lay eggs containing two human proteins that can fight cancer and other diseases.
Cancer

Researchers spliced a human gene into the animals' DNA.

By Kristin Houser

To beef up cybersecurity before the upcoming 2020 Toyko Olympics, the Japanese Government is about to systematically hack the country's IoT devices.
Hacking

Japan's plan: shame residents into better online security by pwning their devices.

By Dan Robitzski

This Ridiculous Startup Wants to Roast Coffee in Space
Off-World

A preposterous solution to a nonexistent problem.

By Victor Tangermann

A soft robot tendril wraps its way around a plant vine.
Robotics

This little sprout has got places to go! 🌱

By Jacob Banas

Researchers have developed a new tool which offers an unprecident look, like this image, of the internal structures of human capillaries
Science & Energy

Blood flow, down to the tiniest detail.

By Jacob Banas

An array of solar panels, which could be improved by nanomaterials, stands in a field.
Solar Power

New nanomaterials are cranking things up to eleven.

By Jacob Banas

Northwestern University's new sweat-drinking biosensor patch
Health & Medicine

Ready, sweaty, go!

By Jacob Banas

Analysts with JPMorgan Chase & Co. found that the cost of mining a single Bitcoin outweighed the actual value of the Bitcoin itself
Bitcoin

Unless you're a low-cost Bitcoin miner in China.

By Victor Tangermann

New images surfaced on Russian social media of what appears to be Russia's "Okhotnik" heavy strike drone seen at an unidentified runway.
Drones

A first test flight is expected to happen later this year.

By Victor Tangermann

A 19-year-old teen from Austin tried to rob a bank and flee the scene of the crime on a Jump electric scooter. He didn't get far.
Advanced Transport

He didn't get very far.

By Victor Tangermann

Johns Hopkins University and NASA released the most high-resolution image of Ultima Thule yet, in all its dented and scarred glory.
Off-World

It's our best view yet.

By Victor Tangermann